Caroline John

Known for

Acting

Born

October 11, 1940

Birthplace

York, England, UK

Died

June 5, 2012 (aged 71)

Biography

Caroline Frances John was an English actress. She played classical roles on the stage and also portrayed Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as several other television roles.

Best known work

Love Actually

2003

Doctor Who

1963

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985

Sherlock Holmes

1984

The Woman in Black

1989

Link

1986

The Razor's Edge

1984

Casualty

1986

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983

The Woodlanders

1998

Filmography

2021
Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2013
Carry On: The Life of Caroline John
as (archival footage)
2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Liz Shaw (archive footage)
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Liz Shaw (archive footage)
2006
Vital SignsTV
as Mrs Carter (1 episode)
2003
Love Actually
as Sam's Grandmother
1998
The Woodlanders
as Housekeeper
1996
Kiss and Tell
as Avril Owens
1996
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1996
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1995
The ChoirTV
as Janet Young (5 episodes)
1994
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
as Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesTV
as Mrs Carmac (1 episode)
1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Liz Shaw
1992
Bad Girl
as Mrs Carter
1991
The House of EliottTV
as Lilian Brownlow (1 episode)
1991
In Suspicious CircumstancesTV
as Mabel Ramsay (1 episode)
1991
The StrangerTV
as Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars (1 episode)
1989
The Woman in Black
as Stella's Mother
1986
CasualtyTV
as Edith Howlett (1 episode)